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Quest
Imprints on the Past
A World of Warcraft quest in Dragonblight. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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You can't get this quest until you turn in Return to the High Commander.
orb is at 78.9 50.9
Quest facts
LevelLevel 15-30
ZoneDragonblight
Quest ID12282
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(12282))
Requirements
FactionAlliance only
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
StorylineDragonblight, step 112 of 149
RewardsVigilant Skullcap, 
Foresight's Anticipation, 
Guiding Gloves of the Seer, 4,100 XP
Vigilant Skullcap, Foresight's Anticipation, Guiding Gloves of the Seer, 4,100 XPDescription
The memories of the past haunt this land, {name}. I hear the cries of the fallen echo across Northrend - calling to me. Arthas left a terrible imprint on everything he touched. Only wither and decay remains in his wake. It is important, then, for us to study the past so that we may better know our enemy. Perhaps untold truths shall surface that could help in our campaign. First, you must recover my scrying orb from the town hall, {name}. Exit this tower and turn left down the path to reach the town square.
Where to go
Pins are the quest’s own POI points from the current retail client, projected onto the in-game zone map. The game marks one blob as the quest’s turn-in; the rest are objective areas. Points that fall outside a map’s window are dropped rather than guessed at.
Turn-inObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #115 79.2 47.2
Coordinates
- Turn-inDragonblight 79.2, 47.2
/way #115 79.2 47.2 - Objective areaDragonblight 78.8, 50.9
/way #115 78.8 50.9
Map coordinates of the pins above. An area the client draws as a shape is given by the centre of its points.
Nearby on the Dragonblight map
- Honor the Flame about 250 yards
- Saving Nine about 510 yards
- Killing Time about 510 yards
- Cut from the Same Cloth about 510 yards
- Onslaught Envoy about 1,020 yards
- Apostate Liberation about 1,040 yards
- Draconic Secrets about 1,100 yards
- The Day That Chromie Dies about 1,110 yards
- Rewind about 1,110 yards
- Preserve the True Future about 1,110 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Dragonblight, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Dragonblight:
- Wintergarde Keep, Dragonblight
- Wyrmrest Temple, Dragonblight
- Windrunner's Overlook, Crystalsong Forest
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- Objective area
Straight-line distances in yards between the quest’s own map markers (QuestPOI) and the client’s flight-point positions (TaxiNodes); flight paths and terrain are not modelled.
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Choose one of these rewards:
Experience4,100 XP
ReputationValiance Expedition +250
Reward details
Pick one of these
TypePlate Head
Item level33
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor19
Stats+8 Strength or Intellect, +11 Stamina
Suited toHoly, Unholy, Protection, Retribution, Arms, Fury, Blood, Frost
Sells to vendors for37 gold26 silver
TypeArmor Trinket
Item level33
BindingBinds when picked up
Stats+11 Haste
UseFar-Seeing Eyes
Sells to vendors for91 silver3 copper
TypeMail Hands
Item level33
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor10
Stats+6 Agility or Intellect, +9 Stamina, +12 Versatility
Suited toElemental, Restoration, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation, Marksmanship, Beast Mastery, Survival, Enhancement
Sells to vendors for24 gold31 silver
TypeCloth Chest
Item level33
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor7
Stats+8 Intellect, +11 Stamina, +12 Versatility
Suited toAffliction, Frost, Discipline, Holy, Fire, Arcane, Shadow, Destruction, Demonology
Sells to vendors for45 gold87 silver
Reputation: Valiance Expedition +250
The main armies of the Alliance in Northrend, moving against the Scourge and unified under King Varian Wrynn's command.
Reputation group: Alliance Vanguard.
Other quests in Dragonblight that reward Valiance Expedition reputation: A Letter for Home (+250), Strengthen the Ancients (+250), Pest Control (+250), Canyon Chase (+250), The Lost Courier (+25), The Liquid Fire of Elune (+250).
Item facts are the current retail client’s (ItemSparse); the specialisations for a pick-one item are the ones the Blizzard quest API lists; faction and currency text is the client’s own. Lowest listed price = the US commodity auction house now.
Storyline
Dragonblight
Part 112 of 149.
Previous: Return To Angrathar · Next: Orik Trueheart and the Forgotten Shore
- 107The Kor'kron Vanguard!
- 108Audience With The Dragon Queen
- 109Galakrond and the Scourge
- 110On Ruby Wings
- 111Return To Angrathar
- 112Imprints on the Past
- 113Orik Trueheart and the Forgotten Shore
- 114The Murkweed Elixir
- 115The Forgotten Tale
- 116The Truth Shall Set Us Free
- 117Parting Thoughts
- 118What Secrets Men Hide
Showing steps 107 to 118 of 149.
Storyline order is the client’s own QuestLine data from the current retail build.
Where this quest fits
Before this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Return To Angrathar
With Antiok slain and the scythe in our possession, the frost wyrm assaults upon your forces at Angrathar will halt. The wyrms that remain in the Dragonblight will be hunted and destroyed, their bones returning to the earth. The time to make your final stand is now, <name>.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Orik Trueheart and the Forgotten Shore
I have gazed upon the orb and seen the path that you must walk, <name>. Many years ago an atrocity was committed upon the shores of Dragonblight. The act itself remains shrouded in darkness, but I am certain that your destiny lies south, amidst the ruins of the Forgotten Shore.
The storyline at a glance
Dragonblight has 149 steps, from The Liquid Fire of Elune to Really Big Worm.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Dragonblight (144), Crystalsong Forest (5).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Dragonblight map
- Lorewalking: Arthas
- The Deaths of Chromie
- Fulfilling the Prophecy II
- Icecrown
- Light's Wrath
- Aluneth, Greatstaff of the Magna
Steps, storylines and map placement from the client’s QuestLine, prerequisite and QuestPOI data; neighbouring quest text is Blizzard’s own (quest API), shortened to its opening sentences.